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Current Staffing Industry Growth Trends New data shows that staffing employment jobs are up from the previous year and continuing to follow the last year’s growth trends. According to one of the latest reports from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, temporary employment staffing increased by 0.5% from December 2016 to January 2017, and […]

According to a survey conducted by Harris Poll for the American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor, over half of United States adults believe the recent election results will have a positive effect on job creation. According to Richard Wahlquist, president and chief executive officer of the American Staffing Association, “The [survey] shows that jobs were an […]

What is Changing? On May 18, 2016 the Department of Labor published its final ruling on the overtime exemption regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. These significant changes will overhaul the payment structures of millions of companies, whether they are small businesses, huge corporations, higher education or nonprofit organizations. Starting December 1, 2016, the […]

According to Richard Wahlquist, the president and chief executive officer of the American Staffing Association, staffing companies continue to report steady demand for temporary and contract employees. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed this sentiment with recently released data in a staffing employment report on the subject. They report that over the past six months, […]

Temporary staffing agency jobs accounted for over 2 percent of U.S. employment last year. While this is already a significant contribution to the American economy, it doesn’t stop there. According to a report released by Staffing Industry Analysts, the U.S. temporary staffing industry is on track to grow 5% and reach $121 billion, an all-time high, […]

The American Staffing Association published a fact sheet stating the main reasons why U.S. businesses choose staffing firms to fill workforce gaps, augment their own staff and find new employees. Businesses seek flexibility. It helps them compete in a fast-paced, ever-changing global economy. The larger the company, the more likely it is to use […]

This week’s U.S. National Labor Relations Board decision in Miller & Anderson will likely have little to no impact on the use of staffing services or on staffing firm relations with clients, according to Stephen Dwyer, general counsel of the American Staffing Association. “Although we cannot definitively predict the long-term impact of the decision,” he […]

Newly Rebenchmarked ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey Data U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.08 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2016, up 0.3% from the same period in 2015, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. Average weekly employment this January through March […]

More than three in four adult job seekers in the U.S. prefer personal contacts when searching for work rather than just relying on technology, according to the results of a new American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey, conducted online by Harris Poll. Personal Contacts Lead to Job Offers Three of the top five ways job seekers land a […]

Temporary help employment showed little change from March to April (0.3%), according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Staffing employment was 2.3% higher than in April 2015. Year-to-year staffing job growth averaged 3.3% over the past 12 months. Nonseasonally adjusted BLS data, which estimate the actual number of […]

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